Why Everyone Missed The Point of The Drama

Someone mentioned that out of all the confessions, Emma's was the only one that did not actually harm anyone, which i thought was very interesting.

Rachel’s trifling ass would’ve gotten uninvited from my wedding so fast, I swear 💀

There's also the fact that Charlie would have more easily gotten past Emma's confession if she hadn't revealed it in front of other people. He asks her later why she had to say that in front of their friends. So his issue isn't so much about what she did--or almost did--but with that her saying it publicly meant that he had to have a socially acceptable public reaction instead of the one he would have authentically had if she had only told him. P.S. I just voted for you! Good luck! You deserve it.

Rachel was already a hater, from the first scene we see her and she says Emma looks ugly when she cries and laughing at her having butterflies. The confession just gave her something to be a hater about

What burns my ass about Rachel is if she hates Emma so much, why even come to the wedding? Don't come! Who cares if her husband still wants to go to support his friend. DON'T COME! The way she carried on at that wedding was completely inappropriate. Especially since Emma didn't even do anything. Matter of fact, Emma harmed herself! (Btw, that's the only plothole in the movie. How was Emma able to hide going deaf due to shooting a rifle from her parents.) Rachel bullied a special needs child and then lied about it to his parents. When she told the story, she seemed impressed with herself. She also violated her own husband's boundaries by telling a personal story of his that caused this whole "Drama".

Woah you’re right, them understanding her would require them to examine their own behavior’s severity. You’re the smartest diva on the internet!

The casting of SPECIFICALLY Zendaya was so intentional. Finding sympathy for her character is extremely easy especially with her character's anxious and soft demeanor during the entire insanity of the movie. Someone with a bigger ego or self esteem would have ripped Rachel a new one immediately and the movie would have ended there. But Emma did not see Rachel only for her self-righteous reaction but also for who she was before the situation. There were so many moments Emma could of doubled down and become the person Rachel and Charlie thought her up to be but she never goes there. Even when her wedding implodes in front of everyone she holds strong to her dignity and character. Such amazing character/story building.

I think the fact that bullying is what pushed emma to almost committing the crime, and Charlie’s secret being cyber bullying, is a metaphor for how incompatible the fundamental differences between them. Emma wants to push down the conversation until the wedding is done, Charlie pushes her to talk, then puts words in her mouth, judges her, and gets upset and her responses

I went to see the drama this Monday, and I caught on Rachel’s microgression, especially that gun comment. Had me looking around the theatre like I wasn’t the only black person there 😂

I haven’t seen the movie yet but I want to add that they are saying “I can’t believe a person would do that” to something she planned but never carried out. While they admitted to things they in fact did

Okay wedding gown!!

Rachel was always an opp. But I find it especially telling that Emma was the only person who didn’t actually DO anything but they dragged her. Then Charlie went and cheated AND ruined their wedding… but was still given grace

Omg the point about this movie not working as well with a white male lead is SO true. I hadn’t thought about it like that…

“….When the audience hates the character that’s the stand in for the audience themselves. It reveals not only a hatred of the man in the mirror but people’s inability to even recognize that that’s the man in the mirror.” Boom!💥 It was sooo interesting seeing certain content creators and commentary channels reach for their microphones to give Rachel her (well deserved) lashings completely unaware that they themselves have engaged in the same merciless, self righteous and punitive behaviors.

such a good point about the co-worker likely assuming the person in the hypothetical school shooting was Charlie and could therefore be too scared to resist his advances.

This video made me realize that even the DJ smoking heroin on the corner was someone judged for being at their lowest and tossed out and now I’m questioning if that was the right decision or not. A+ Olay

agree with many of your points! i found it so crazy how all 3 of the friends at the table told stories about causing actual harm to people, like how mike contributed to his ex gf getting mauled by the dog by shielding himself, how rachel could have killed the intellectually disabled boy (could have died from the panic, could have never been found, etc.) and at the very least immensely traumatized him, and how charlie emotionally harmed someone through online bullying to the point they moved, but they all had the most smoke for emma who didn't actually harm anybody. they wanted her to be punished for thoughts, and this is emphasized by their constant remarks of, "how does someone even think of doing something like that?" she not only deeply regretted her planning but actively worked in the opposite direction to propel gun control reforms; her "friends" (bc let's be serious; they were really charlie's friends) didn't seem to regret anything! it was just some funny table story to them that they did nothing to take accountability for or reflect on. really grinded my gears....

1:53 Rachel was her biggest hater before that dinner scene. The moment she said she looks ugly when she cries, I was like, “Oh, she is her op.” Poor Emma had no friends in that movie.

These are similar themes to a couple of episodes of Black Mirror, that people relish in rage, violence, and cruelty when they feel it’s just. It’s bloodthirst disguised as morally superior justice.

Also, interesting that the two "former" bullies have such an issue with Emma, a former target of bullying, who was planning on doing a horrific act because of bullying. I think subconsciously they took it very personally and felt like they were being attacked.